Eshcol in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

cluster; cluster of grapes; a bunch; cluster, especially of grapes. a An Amorite who was"confederate with Abram" (Gen. 14:13). b A valley in the land of Canaan, where the spies cut the bunch of grapes that had to be carried on a staff by two men."That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence" (Num. 13:24). Meta. The life forces in the subconsciousness; also a realization of their great fruitfulness in consciousness, and man's abundant possibilities through them.